Toy bowling-alley



(No Model.)

. J. MEINDL;

TOY BOWLING ALLEY.

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JOSEPH MEINDL, OF STAPLETON, NEW YORK/ TOY BOWLING-ALLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,737, dated January 7, 1890...

' Application filed September 14, 1889; Serial No. 323,959. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that'I, JOSEPH MEINDL, of Stapleton,-Richmond county, New York, have invented an Improved. Toy Bowling-Alley, of

- 5 which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to atoy bowling-alley in which the propelling devices are placed at the rear of the game-board and are directed and operated by means of a hand-rod 1 that extends forward beneath the game-board.

The invention consists in the various fea-' tures of improvement, more fully pointed out in the claims. 1 r

In the accompanying drawings,1Figure l is I a top view of my improved toy bowling-alley. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of the same on line 00 m, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 a top view of the rearend of hand-rod e.

The letter a representsthe game-board-of a toy bowling-alley, in which the usual platform for the reception of the pins 17 is in front Q or next to the, operator. At the rear of the game-board there is a movable chute orconveyerc, similar to a tower and having a top openings at its front and one c at its side.

game-board a and embraced by the slotted end of a hand-rod c. This hand-rod is placed under the game-board and reaches beyond its front end, soas to be accessible to the player.

To the rear end of rod ethere is pivoted by pin f a lever fiwhich extends upward within conveyer c,and which constitutes the propeller.

It will be seen that by vibrating therod e to the right or left on pivot f it will, by tak- 5 ing pin 0 along, cause the conveyer to be swung to either side. Thus the inclined plane c may be so directed asto stand in line with any of the pins 1). In order to prevent any dead motion between the arms 6 of rod eand the pin 0 the latter maybe provided with a foot 0 having cheek-pieces 0 that engage the sides of rod 6. By thrusting the handrod e inward the upper end of propeller f is thrown back,while by thrusting the hand-rod outward the propeller is suddenly thrown forward. double purpose of setting the conveyer and operating the propeller.

The operation of the game will be readily understood. The ball A, thrown into gutter d,'will, through opening 0 enter conveyer 0.

Here it will rest upon a shoulder c of the inclined plane 0 Of course the propeller f must be thrown back before the ball can enter the conveyer. By means of the hand- The hand-rod 6 therefore serves the rode the conveyer is now aimed at any of the pins Z). Next the rod 6 is pushed outward to operate the propeller, which will eject the ball through opening a. The ball will roll down the inclined plane 0 and throw over the pins with which the plane has been brought into line. -Thus an amusing game is produced which the player-can .direct in all its parts without leaving his 'chair.

What I claim isl. The combination of a game-board with the conveyer laterally and to operate the propeller backward and forward, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a game-board with a conveyer 0, having pin 0 foot 0 and cheeks 0 and with a pivoted propeller f anda slot ted hand-rod e, that engages pin a and is pivoted to the propeller, substantially as specfied.

J OS. MEINDL. Witnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, WM. VV AGNER. 

